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Mastering Adobe Photoshop Elements - Sixth Edition

By : Robin Nichols
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Mastering Adobe Photoshop Elements - Sixth Edition

By: Robin Nichols

Overview of this book

Dive into the world of digital photo editing with this latest edition, crafted by a seasoned photographer and digital imaging expert, and harness the full potential of the latest Photoshop Elements 2024. With a unique blend of in-depth tutorials and practical applications, this book is an essential resource for photographers at all levels. Alongside introducing new features like Dark Mode, Match Color, and Photo Reels, as well as advanced techniques like layering and artistic effects, this book addresses common user feedback from previous editions, ensuring a refined and user-friendly experience. With the help of this guide, you’ll learn how to leverage AI to stitch widescreen panoramas, remove people from backgrounds, defocus backgrounds, recompose images, and even create a range of calendars and greeting cards for your friends and family. You’ll take your prowess to the next level by learning how to correct optical distortion, reshape images, exploit layers, layer masking, and get to grips with sharpening techniques to create the perfect picture or imaginative fantasy illustration. The online realms of animation, video creation, and third-party plugins will also be covered. By the end of this book, you'll know how to leverage the incredible features of Photoshop Elements 2024 with complete confidence.
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Saving your files

It's important to note that, when saving JPEG, TIFF, PSD, or PNG files, if you choose the Save option (File>Save), some older applications might write the new file on top of the old one, effectively deleting the original and saving the (hopefully) improved new version instead. Not so with Elements as it always asks whether it's OK to overwrite the previous version of this file—a face-saving feature in some cases.

If you open a file, do nothing to it, then choose File>Save, nothing happens because there's been no change so there's nothing to save. However, if you make any kind of alteration to the file, then choose File>Save, you'll see the Save As panel appear. This allows you to do the following:

  • Save your progress.
  • Change the file format if needed.
  • Include that saved file back in the Organizer.
  • Save it as a copy (as in NewPortrait copy.jpg).
  • Save it into a Version Set...